afar

See also: Afar, àfar, and afâr

English

Etymology

a- (“for, on, or of”) +‎ far

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /ʌˈfaɹ/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /əˈfɑː/

Adverb

afar

  1. At, to, or from a great distance; far away.
    He was seen from afar.
    He loved her from afar.

Usage notes
  • Often used with from preceding, or formerly with off following.

Quotations
  • For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:afar.

Translations

Anagrams

Chuukese

Noun

afar

  1. shoulder (of humans and animals)

Finnish

Noun

afar

  1. Afar (language).
  2. An Afar (person).

Declension
Inflection of afar (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative afar afarit
genitive afarin afarien
afareiden
afareitten
partitive afaria afareita
afareja
illative afariin afareihin
singular plural
nominative afar afarit
accusative nom. afar afarit
gen. afarin
genitive afarin afarien
afareiden
afareitten
partitive afaria afareita
afareja
inessive afarissa afareissa
elative afarista afareista
illative afariin afareihin
adessive afarilla afareilla
ablative afarilta afareilta
allative afarille afareille
essive afarina afareina
translative afariksi afareiksi
instructive — afarein
abessive afaritta afareitta
comitative — afareineen

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.faʁ/

Noun

afar m (uncountable)

  1. Afar (language)
    L'afar est parlé par 1,5 millions de locuteurs.

Adjective

afar (feminine singular afare, masculine plural afars, feminine plural afares)

  1. Related to the Afar people.
    Les nomades afars.
    Les tribus afares.

Further reading

Gothic

Romanization

afar

  1. Romanization of 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈaːvar/
  • Rhymes: -aːvar

Adverb

afar (not comparable)

  1. very, immensely, ever so, highly, most
    Ég yrði þér afar þakklátur ef þú gerðir þetta fyrir mig.
    I would be most grateful to you if you did this for me.

Noun

afar

  1. indefinite nominative plural of afi

Further reading
  • afar in Icelandic dictionaries at islex.is
  • afar in Hólmarsson et al.: Íslensk-ensk orðabók. 1989.

Anagrams

Italian

Noun

afar m (invariable)

  1. Afar (language)

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

afar m (definite singular afaren, indefinite plural afarer, definite plural afarene)

  1. Afar (language)
    Afar er et kusjittisk språk som snakkes i Afar i Etiopia. (Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia)
    Afar is a Cushitic language spoken in Afar in Ethiopia.
  2. Afar (ethnic group)
  3. Afar (region)

Usage notes

This is word is only inflected when used in its second sense.

References
  • “afar” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

afar m (definite singular afaren, indefinite plural afarar, definite plural afarane)

  1. Afar (language)
  2. Afar (ethnic group)
  3. Afar (region)

Usage notes

This is word is only inflected when used in its second sense.

Old Norse

Adverb

afar

  1. used as an intensive before an adjective or another adverb; very, exceedingly

References
  • afar in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Portuguese

Noun

afar m (plural afar)

  1. (uncountable) Afar (language)
  2. one of the Afar, a people of eastern Africa

Somali
Somali cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : afar
    Ordinal : afaraad

Numeral

afar

  1. four

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aˈfaɾ/

Noun

afar m (uncountable)

  1. Afar (language)

Swedish

Noun

afar ?

  1. the Afar language

Synonyms
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